." argo won for best picture. there was the glitz, glamour and a surprisebymichelleobama, too.the white house releases state by state report on the devastating impact that a sequester will have on jobs and middle-class families. >>> more pain at the pump. with prices rising. >>> and the pope in his final week and daytona 500 winner. plus, another blizzard bearing down on multiple states. "first look" starts right now. >>> it was hollywood's biggest night of the year and thes on can car parties are still going on at this moment. the stars lined up on the red carpet where the competition for best dressed brings as much buzz as the ceremony inside. stephanie sent theon is outside the dolby theater. >> reporter: the historic drama argo won best picture. an emotional moment for the film's star/producer/director. >> "argo." >> reporter: the academy award's biggest prize went to the rescue of american hostages from iran. >> i thank everyone on the movie. >> reporter: affleck produced, directed and start in the movie. >> "lie of pi." >> reporter: life of pi won four awards. beating l

michelleobamaattendedthe teen's funeral on saturday. hadiya pendleton will be special guested tonight at the state of the union address. nbc's tracie potts joins us live now from washington with more. what else can we expect to hear from the president tonight? >> reporter: in addition to more about gun violence, more about immigration and a number of other topics, the big issue is going to be money and the u.s. budget in these $85 billion in automatic spending cuts coming now and in just a few weeks. >> tonight instead of focusing on how the budget cuts will effect the pentagon, president obama will focus on the middle class, cuts to head start, research and thousands of government jobs. >> his emphasis on the need to continue to create jobs or to continue to have our manufacturing sector expand, that work isn't done. >> reporter: in the audience tonight, the parents of a slain chicago teenager who just marched in the inaugural parade. >> i'm happy that murder of hadiya will get guns off the street. >> reporter: the president is expected to address immigration reform, a move t

appears in a psawithmichelleobama. thistime they're promoting healthy eating. >>> meanwhile, former first lady laura bush is requesting she be pulled from a psa featuring same-sex marriage. it features comments she said in 2010. the group respect for marriage coalition has dropped her from the spot and replaced her. >>> vice president joe biden is the administration's point man on gun control, but he raised eyebrows earlier this week when he said his advice for home self-protection would be to fire a shotgun into the air. now several officials are coming forward saying that move in delaware would be illegal unless you were in fear for your life. oops. >>> treasury secretary nominee jack lew might have a funny looking signature, but that won't stop him from answering question. he's responded to more written questions from congress than all of the treasury nominees since 1995 combined. he answered 444 questions compared to 405 from the previous six nominees. >>> and the grandson of former president jimmy carter is getting some thanks from president obama. james iv was the one who secr

,michelleobamaawardedthe best picture oscar, live from the white house, via satellite, and the oscar went to "argo," regarding the canadian embassy in iran, smuggling the diplomats out of tehran, during the hostage crisis in 1979. as you can imagine, iran's state-run media was not at all excited about the best picture comment. as you can see, argo wins oscar in hollywood's dirty anti-iran game. this year they decided they would instead enhance first lady michelle obama. about that, that is not what first lady michelle obama wore last night at the oscars. the image here is kind of tiny, but as you can see, iran's state-run media digitally altered michelle obama's shoulder-bearing gown with the low-cut neck line, and made it look as though she was wearing a sparkly t-shirt. they photo-shopped her into a whole new outfit that she did not wear. the website, "enduring" ran that. i know people love the oscars, i know that watching what iran state tv does to the oscars the day after is always better than the oscars to me, and so it qualifies as the best new thing in the world to me. right now on

gear. i quoted ali's brother that he was near death. >>> firstladymichelleobamasenta tweet last night, watching the super bowl with family and friends. beyonce was phenomenal and i'm so proud of her. >>> before the big game president obama condemned the ban on gay being allowed to boy scouts. >>> new york times columnist paul krugman said that the current fight over guns has revealed the nra as a quote insane organization. some pro-gun advocates this vision of leading in a mad mex movie. >>> an advertisement during the super bowl calling for background checks for all gun sales using the nra's own words against them. president obama will soon be moving to a new oval office, while the west wing is renovated. the temporary office is in the eisenhower executive office right next door. >>> new jersey chris christie is getting ready for his first late-night tv appearance with david letterman. >>> and that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> all right, now for a look at monday's weather. here's meteorologist bill karins. >> good morning. >> oh boy, tell a lot of people ar

michelleobamawentwith a familiar choice for her state of the union address last night for her husband's state of the union. she chose a black and dark red sleeveless dress made by jason wu. >>> vice president joe bide ep was wearing glasses during part of the speech because biden scratched his eye with a contact lens. >>> the state of the union speech was a big topic on twitter with 1,360,000 tweets sent. that is double the number of tweets sent during the 2012 state of the union address. one user created a twitter page for marco rubio's water bottle. i go with him to all of the big spichs to take care of his bouts of killer cotton mouth. >>> one shot after each time obama says something socialist f you're confused, that's at the end of every sentence. >>> at the state of the union tonight when the president walked into the chamber, instead of hail to the chief, they played hey big spender. >>> rocker and nra member ted nugent was interviewed. he got the negativity reaction to jim lagavin who said it was an odd choice for a member of congress to invite someone who threatened t

white house let it be known to be that firstladymichelleobamawillbe at the funeral, which will make this even more of a national scale tragedy than it already is. "first look" is up next. >>> good friday morning. right now on "first look," two fronts confine combine to create an epic winter storm with over 50-mile-an-hour wind gusts and as much as 2 feet of snow. >>> a massive manhunt is under way in california. a well-trained former cop and veteran is on a mission and the police are pulling out all the stops to nail him. >>> plus, senator feinstein says lawmakers may set up special courts to monitor drone strikes. why apple is sitting on over $137 billion in cash. and an as tried is about to come fascinatingly close to the earth. >>> millions along the northeast corridor are hunkering down for an epic winter storm. folks are stocking up and filling their tanks in anticipation of the massive nor'easter packing blizzard speed winds and crippling feet of snow. analyze are airlines have canceled thousands of flights as this storm travels across the country. dylan dryer is tracking

business and reagan administrations has died.>>>michelleobamabearedher bare arms. an iranian news agency decided to photo shop a new outfit on the first lady with sleeves. >>> a new study finds a mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, fruits, nuts, can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. turning now to business, stocks dropped on news of turmoil in italy. the dow closed at 13, 784. the s&p shot down 27 and the nasdaq sank 45. overseas markets followed. nikkei plum meted 263 points and the hang sang tumbled 300. >>> deadlocked elections in italy panicked investors. without a stable government, italy won't be able to tackle a major recession. a domino effect spiked volumes on the vix volatility to an all-time high. >>> today, investors are looking for ben bernanke to supply encouraging words. macy's and auto zone talk earnings before the opening bell. >>> the 2010 gulf oil disaster from protesters gathers outside the court as opening statements got under way. on the heels of marissa mayors said workers cannot work at home. working life is not 9:00 to 5:00. companies that don't

michelleobama'snewofficial photo. certainly a new look for the first lady's -- a different look from her 2009 official photo. >>> president obama came his assessment of golfer tiger woods. >> he plays a different game than i do. he's on another planet. he knew that i wasn't a big threat to his world ranking. and i knew that i better keep my day job. >> that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> congress is in recess this week, but a few democrats are coming to work on capitol hill today. they're looking into the impact of the sequester, $85 billion in federal spending cuts that go into effect in just eight days unless lawmakers cut a deal. what does that mean for you? tracy potts has details on many of the programs on the chopping block. >> reporter: if you work at the pentagon, you could get one day off a week unpaid. leon panetta has warned congress, they're looking at these furloughs. if you don't work at the pentagon there are a number of other areas where you could be affected as well. take a look. the cbo said that we're looking at 750,000 job losses. small business lo

first lady may also make speeches for free or donate money to charity. >>> and firstladymichelleobamasaid her new bangs were inspired by a mid-life crisis. on rachael ray, she joked about her new "do". >> this is my mid-life crisis, the bangs, i couldn't get a sports car, i couldn't bungee jump, so you went to the bangs. >> you went for the bangs. >> i can do this, this is all mine. >> all mine, and one more edition of scrambled politics. good morning, bill. >>> i'm getting over the $100,000 that hillary clinton will get per speech. >> that is the money after you leave office. you can make a lot by speaking. >> who would stay in office? why? well, good morning, everyone, let's take a look at the forecast, get you out the door, a lot of people returning to school after the long weekend. snow comes to wisconsin, a lot of rain with the system all the way to michigan, pennsylvania, erie, looks like rain there for pittsburgh, too, one big story today, the cold air behind the system is just a nasty morning up here in the dakotas, all through minnesota, the cold air all the way down t

week's press pass with former d.c. public schoolschancellormichellere,what she would lake to see president obama do to reform the country's schools, "meet the press" nbc.com. that's all if it's sunday it's "meet the press." >>> very good president's day morning to you. right now on "first look," shocking news from the country music world. 37-year-old singer mindy mccready who's been plagued by personal troubles through the years has been found dead of an apparent suicide. >>> republicans lashed out at the obama administration in a leaked draft of the president's immigration reform proposal. >>> danica patrick makes history in daytona. >>> a new hope for han solo. >>> and the nation's greatest presidents immortalized in cheddar? very good morning to you. nice to see you this morning. i'm veronica de la cruz. the world of country music has lost a memorable voice. mindy mccready dolphin of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. she sold more than three million albums overshadowed by alcohol abuse and stints in rehab. >> reporter: mindy mccready started her rise to stardom in 1996

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